Posted on 11/23/2008 4:55:25 PM PST by COBOL2Java
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RUSH: If you're just joining us on Rush Limbaugh and Open Line Friday, ladies and gentlemen, you should know that all of a sudden now the Barack Obama transition team is trying to lower everybody's expectations. David Axelrod (who ran the campaign) and Robert B. Reich are out there saying, "Look, we're encountering problems worse than perhaps at any time in American history since FDR." My reaction is, "Well, you're telling us he is FDR! You're telling us he's Lincoln. You're telling us he's JFK. You're telling us it's Camelot. So what the hell is this lowering expectations crap? You can't do that. You got elected on lowering the sea level and making everybody love us and unifying everybody." Lowering expectations? Reich said it could be three years, by the way. Three years up to five. It's not worse than what Reagan inherited, folks. I don't care what anybody says, it's not worse than what Reagan inherited. Reagan didn't go out there lowering expectations. Barack Obama said he could unify the world! It's not time to lower expectations now that he's won. He should start doing what he said he could do: unifying. He should start explaining the reality of the situation in the auto industry: their employees, their retirees, their suppliers.
By the way, how many of you people are in favor of bailing out hedge funds? A hedge fund bought Chrysler! Chrysler is privately owned. Do you know who runs that hedge fund? John Snow, the former Treasury secretary (or at least he was in charge of it). Cerberus. Now, the CEO, Bob Nardelli, this is a soldier and a warrior. They tried to destroy this guy's life over the course of his career in the auto business and other places. They're trying as hard as they can here, but where's Obama? He had the fixes for all this stuff. He can send signals. Reagan sent signals during his transition period to the Iranians: "Don't mess with our hostages. Don't you dare mess with our hostages." Where's Obama? He needs to fill the void here. People are waiting on him. They're not waiting on Bush, and they sure as hell aren't waiting on Pelosi and Reid. He went around the world! He went around Europe and the Middle East while campaigning, having private meetings, saying anything he wanted. He was trying to arrange troop withdrawal deals when he was in Iraq.
If this guy is a true leader, where is he? He can at least project his image, his vision. Who would object if he did? Nobody would object. Obama is voting "present" right now. Barack Obama is voting "present." This is his track record: Avoid the tough things as long as you can; vote "present." This is a time to do something. Look what Pelosi did to the market yesterday. It was up 200 points, then they went on television with Reid and the rest of the gang. They announced the auto deal fell apart, bammo! They started issuing orders and instructions to the auto companies, and, bam! We end up down 400 yesterday. We're not up much today, but we're not down, I don't think. Citibank is now thinking of selling itself to the Somali pirates. The Somali pirates AAA bond rating just came in from Moody's. The Somali pirates are a better bet financially than some of our own institutions. Where is Barack Obama? Has Obama spoken with Pelosi about this calamity? Are they working off different playbooks? Are the Democrats in Congress running the show or is Obama going to be running this show? He's The Messiah and he's the guy that raised all these expectations.
I'll tell you what. He's backing out so that none of this touches him. That is the plan. It's time for Obama to step into the conversation. He's sitting on the sidelines out there and he's making himself out to be phony. Everybody voted for change, unity. How long will it take them to become disappointed? Well, this is going to be the scenario, I fear, for the four years. They're going to enact the agenda they want on their timetable, independent and without concern for what is happening elsewhere in the country. For example, there's no way -- there's no logical reason to even talk about raising taxes right now. He wants to do it. There's no reason to talk about nationalizing health care. He wants to.
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Exactly! what does health care have to do with the troubled economy??
Obamba must have been listening to Rush on Friday, because the BIG NEWS this weekend has been a Democrat sponsored multi-billion two-year stimulus package that will be the first order of business on Day 1.
From what we’ve been told, it will also include tax cuts...
[cue House Sergeant at Arms Bill Livingood]
“Madam Speaker! The Present of the United States!”
This great community organizer is going to be so shocked at the vastness of what is expected. He is President of the United States of America. This isn't Harvard, this isn't "pass-fail", he gets no affirmative action step up to be put in front of somebody else... he's going to have to actually produce something.
He's going to have to actually step up, say that I am going to make this choice and then living with the consequences.
You see, Jesse Jackson "ran" for president only to keep his face in front of the public to scam more money. He NEVER could have lead a country. Same with Sharpton.
Well guess what Obama..... you da man now. Now it's nut crunching time.
You had a good run in Harvard as an affirmative action baby, you had a nice gig handed to you in Chicago, waltzed into the state legislature without producing anything, skipped into the Senate by doing what???
and now you're like Texas Tech coming up to Oklahoma with your undefeated record, lots of media attention and the darling of the talking heads....
Guess what? I'm thinking it's going to end the same way.
well on the brighter side.... we really are in full swing of Operation Chaos. The Supreme Court is faced to discuss the O citizenship issue on Dec 5.... and if he is found ineligible we face one of the largest Constitutional issues ever.... and Chaos/Rioting in the streets.
So true, so true.........
I like how the country voted for change and all we get is Clinton rejects and current Deomcratic liberal members of congress. Senator John Kerry as chair of the Foreign Relations committeee are you kidding me? Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State? What is next Mickey Mouse as Attorney General oh wait, I forgot...Eric whatever who is the quineesential defender of ALL of perjury Bill’s pardons.
The only change which got voted was the change which you are going to be left with after Obama attempts to mirror FDR and stimulate the economy with taxpayer funds. We are going into Carters second term.
I am also proud to say however this is the end of George Bush. As a conservative Bush has been anything but. Bush was as Reagan like as Clinton.
What I will never figure out is how McCain won the Republican party nomination. I never would have voted for McCain had the rest of the party already done so. I would rather vote in line with the canddiate than sacrifice the greater good of the country to punish my party of choice not indoctrination.
It is indeed pretty sad that McCain couldn't beat this nothing. McCain is the jackass.
BO: “Call me if you need me - but not at 3 a.m.”
Uh...it costs BIG $$$ and the piggy bank is empty.
That said, Rush is always great at giving advice.... and if thousands of 'republicans' are suddenly voting for a Dem (in the primary) why shouldn't an independant, undecided, or wishy-washer Hillary supporter shift to O too?
All in all, 'Chaos' was a collasal waste of effort.... instead of promoting "our ticket" we spent all this time trying to undermine theirs..... and they have the media.
History’s shortest inaugural speech.
National Health Care of any stripe will put a vise grip on the economy just below the short arm.
The USSC will give a “safe” ruling or decline to rule.
and Carter ended his term with the US in a rapidly declining trajectory. Hussein takes up from there, no?
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